WENT (AWAY) Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

went (away)

verb

Definition of went (away)

past tense of go (away)

as in disappeared

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Verb

Now that raw capability is no longer scarce, the excuse for hiding behind these proxies has quietly disappeared.

— Vikas Verma, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The show centers on Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley), who has been living like something of a hermit since his girlfriend Clea disappeared without a trace seven years ago.

— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of disappeared

Verb

The smallest of these would have evaporated quickly, disappearing from the cosmos long ago.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Anyone who regularly follows dark matter news knows that past tantalizing anomalies evaporated as more data came in.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of evaporated

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Place the remaining ¼ cup (45 g) chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl and heat at 50% power in 10-second increments, stirring well with a rubber spatula after each, until melted, about 30 seconds total.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
It was completely melted at this point, the plastic tubing slick with condensation.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of melted

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Elma follows police detective Elma (Unnur Birna Backman), who returns to her hometown having fled a romantic affair that left her in pieces, and is assigned to the local force as a woman’s body is found lying at the foot of a lighthouse.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
Following the full-scale invasion, many Ukrainians fled their homes and became refugees in other European countries as well as the United Kingdom and the US.

— Lucy Abbersteen, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of fled

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The ultimate ambition is to scour records and surface new stories about people whose lives have faded away over the centuries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Countless lonely young ones over the years have heard themselves in Team Dresch’s music, which is why their music has never faded away.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of faded

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The country is already bitterly divided, with far-left and far-right parties leading opinion polls ahead of presidential elections next year.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Yet Germany’s meager amount of uranium ore had been divided between different piles in the project.

— Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026

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